Facilitates discussion about the normalcy issues raised in the Young Adult Formerly in Foster Care: This Is My Family, This Is Where I Call Home video, which is part of the Center for States’ Perspectives on Normalcy: Videos and Discussion Questions product.

Hear about the challenges and experiences of an adoptive family and how they created belonging, healthy development, and normal experiences.

This handout is part of the series, “Perspectives on Normalcy: Videos and Discussion Questions.” It is designed to facilitate discussion about the issues raised in the video, “Young Adult Formerly in Congregate Care: Treat Me Like a Normal Child.”

Browse casework activities to use before, during, and after a caseworker visit with children, youth, and families.

Learn how supervisors and program managers can assist child welfare caseworkers in conducting quality visits with parents.

This video builds awareness of what the court sim lab looks like and what the experience is like for participants.

This video builds awareness of what the medical sim lab looks like and what the experience is like for participants.

This video describes the debriefing process and explain how it is integral to simulation training.

This video builds awareness of how realistic environments contribute to learning.

This video shows the experience of trainees engaging with the family actors in a safe space.

This video builds an understanding of key considerations for developing and scaling up a simulation training effort and how to overcome common challenges.

This video develops an understanding of key considerations for sustaining and continuously improving a simulation training effort and how to overcome common challenges.

This video increases familiarity with the benefits of simulation, including how simulation can strengthen worker skills and improve worker confidence and readiness for practice. 

Discover how the reasonable and prudent parent standard (RPPS) has been implemented in one state to promote normalcy for children and youth in foster care.